Cicada (Magicicada sp.)

Description

Category hierarchy: Animals | InsectsDescription: Cicada on a wooden post. Cicadas (Cicadidae, Magicicada) are 13- and 17- year periodical cicadas of North America. These insects display a unique combination of long life cycles, periodicity, and mass emergences. Often called "locusts," but they are not locusts; locusts are "grasshopper-like" and belong to the order Orthoptera.Capture device: Camera: Canon EOS Elan IICapture details: Film: Fuji Provia 100FOriginal date: 20040500